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Old 09-17-2011 | 09:13 PM
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Allright fellas please help a brother out ran boat today up to half throttle fine kick it in the but and dipstick blows out and oil everywhere???????????????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !

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Old 09-17-2011 | 09:22 PM
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I'd do a compression test, or leakdown test... to find out which cylinder has the hole in the piston.
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Old 09-17-2011 | 09:33 PM
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Like stated above do a compression test at the very least and if that doesn't show anything then do a leakdown test.
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Old 09-17-2011 | 09:49 PM
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MAN THAT WASNT WHAT I WAS WANTING TO HEAR. Ive been reading and ive found alot of comments about ventilators stopped up? I put dipstick back in and crancked motor back up oil pressure holds good! I ran it back to dock bout 1/3 throttle power seems fine
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Old 09-17-2011 | 09:50 PM
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Somehow compression is leaking into the crankcase when you are on it. Some is normal, but if this just started happening then what they said is correct, you need a compression test done to find out if you have a really weak hole, that will be your bad piston.
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Old 09-17-2011 | 09:50 PM
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also have seen where people have said that high hp motors with blowers often require a latching mech. of some sort to hold dipstick in
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Old 09-17-2011 | 10:00 PM
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Blower motors will push the dipstick out under big boost, but normally it does it from the start. Did this just start to happen or has it always done it?
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Old 09-17-2011 | 10:24 PM
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it happened last time i went out to but thought it was a fluke just from checking oil thought didnt put dipstick all the way in. It only comes out about 2 inches. only reason i didnt think it was engine prob is no unusual sounds, good power, temps and pressures good!
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Old 09-17-2011 | 11:02 PM
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If you have decent compression numbers then you can add a spring to the end of the dipstick. Use a small hoseclamp to hold the spring in place and then bend the end to wrap around the dipstick. There are also locking dipsticks for a cleaner look.
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Old 09-18-2011 | 01:57 AM
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Make sure your exhaust is not going bad,I had a riser start going and this happened must have been getting some water in the cylinders and lowered compression.Fixed exhaust and it never did it again.
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